VMware Disputes Old Flaws at Root of ESXiArgs Ransomware Attacks

By Deeba Ahmed The refutation came days after Europe and North America were rattled by ESXiArgs Ransomware attacks. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: VMware Disputes Old Flaws at Root of ESXiArgs Ransomware Attacks...

Ransomware Targets Outdated VMware ESXi Hypervisors: Protect Your Systems Now!

Updated on February 8, 2023 at 2:40 PM Pacific Standard Time: This article has been updated with EVALUATE Vendor-Suggested Mitigation with Policy Compliance PC Updated on February 7, 2023 at 9:05 PM Pacific Standard Time: This article has been updated with the latest information on the...

CISA and FBI Release ESXiArgs Ransomware Recovery Guidance

Today, CISA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory, ESXiArgs Ransomware Virtual Machine Recovery Guidance. This advisory describes the ongoing ransomware campaign known as “ESXiArgs.” Malicious cyber actors may be exploiting known vulnerabilities in...

Ransomware attacks targeting VMware ESXi servers: everything you need to know

Recent attacks leverage CVE-2021-21974 to install ransomware on VMWare ESXi servers. Security teams are advised to patch and stay vigilant for indicators of compromise...

VMware Finds No Evidence of 0-Day in Ongoing ESXiArgs Ransomware Spree

VMware on Monday said it found no evidence that threat actors are leveraging an unknown security flaw, i.e., a zero-day, in its software as part of an ongoing ransomware attack spree worldwide. "Most reports state that End of General Support EoGS and/or significantly out-of-date products are bein...

Exploit for Expression Language Injection in Vmware Spring_Cloud_Gateway

Introduction Through CVE-2022-22947, an attack is attempte...

VMware Workstation 17.0.x < 17.0.1 Vulnerability (VMSA-2023-0003)

The version of VMware Workstation installed on the remote Windows host is 17.0.x prior to 17.0.1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability. Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number. %NASLMINLEVEL 80900 C...

Ransomware Campaign Compromising VMware ESXi Servers

On February 3, 2023, French web hosting provider OVH and French CERT issued warnings about a ransomware campaign that was targeting VMware ESXi servers worldwide with a new ransomware strain dubbed “ESXiArgs.” The campaign appears to be leveraging CVE-2021-21974, a nearly two-year-old heap overfl...

[update]Two year old vulnerability used in ransomware attack against VMware ESXi

On Friday and over the weekend, several Computer Emergency Response Teams CERTs sounded the alarm about an ongoing large scale ransomware attack on VMware ESXi virtual machines. With some discrepancies between Shodan queries from various researchers, most agree that an estimated 500 entities were...

The vulnerability of VMware Workstation’s hypervisor is related to access control errors, which allow a malicious user to delete arbitrary files from the root operating system.

The vulnerability of VMware Workstation hypervisor is related to access control errors. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to delete arbitrary files from the root operating system...

New Wave of Ransomware Attacks Exploiting VMware Bug to Target ESXi Servers

VMware ESXi hypervisors are the target of a new wave of attacks designed to deploy ransomware on compromised systems. "These attack campaigns appear to exploit CVE-2021-21974, for which a patch has been available since February 23, 2021," the Computer Emergency Response Team CERT of France said i...

Metasploit Weekly Wrap-Up

Metasploit 6.3 is out! Earlier this week we announced the release of Metasploit 6.3 which came with a tonne of new modules and improvements. The whole team worked super hard on this and we're very excited that everyone can now get their hands on it and all of the new features it has to offer! I...

CVE-2023-20854

VMware Workstation contains an arbitrary file deletion vulnerability. A malicious actor with local user privileges on the victim's machine may exploit this vulnerability to delete arbitrary files from the file system of the machine on which Workstation is installed...

CVE-2023-20854

VMware Workstation contains an arbitrary file deletion vulnerability. A malicious actor with local user privileges on the victim's machine may exploit this vulnerability to delete arbitrary files from the file system of the machine on which Workstation is installed...

Arbitrary file deletion

VMware Workstation contains an arbitrary file deletion vulnerability. A malicious actor with local user privileges on the victim's machine may exploit this vulnerability to delete arbitrary files from the file system of the machine on which Workstation is installed...

Unveiling the Advanced Rust-based Nevada Ransomware

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary A new type of ransomware named "Nevada Ransomware" has been identified. The creators of this ransomware have established an affiliate program that was initially introduced in the RAMP underground...

Vulnerability fixed in VMWare Workstation

VMWare has fixed a vulnerability in VMWare Workstation. A local malicious party could exploit the vulnerability to remove arbitrary delete files from the system on which Workstation is installed. VMWare has released updates to fix the vulnerability in Workstation 17.0.1. For more information, see...

VMware vRealize Log Insight Detection Consolidation

Consolidation of VMware vRealize Log Insight detections. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only include"pluginfeedinfo.inc"; if...

CVE-2023-20854

VMware Workstation 17.x (before 17.0.1) is affected by CVE-2023-20854, an arbitrary file deletion vulnerability that requires local privileges. The issue arises in VMware Workstation and can lead to deletion of arbitrary files on the host running the product. Remediation is to update to version 1...

VMware vRealize Operations 8.6.x < 8.6.4 CSRF (VMSA-2023-0002)

The version of VMware vRealize Operations vROps running on the remote host is 8.6.x prior to 8.6.4. It is, therefore, affected by a CSRF vulnerability. A malicious user could execute actions on the vROps platform on behalf of the authenticated victim user. Note that Nessus has not tested for this...